Sustainable Investing Highlights - April 2021

May 13, 2021

In This Issue:

Government Agencies: SEC and DOL Continue to Push for ESG and Sustainable Investing
Big Clothing Brands, BlackRock, and the European Union Outline Concerns Regarding Human Rights Violations within the Supply Chain
UN General Assembly President, Volkan Bozkir: Billions Without Clean Water and Sanitation is “a Moral Failure”
Bitcoin Mining and Energy Consumption

Please see the PDF version of this article for citations and important disclosures.

Sources:

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-42

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-sec-task-force-confirms-commitment-to-esg-focus

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-climate-change-analysis-idUSKBN2B919L

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/biden-admin-making-it-easier-to-invest-in-esg-funds-in-401k-plans.html

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ebsa/laws-and-regulations/laws/erisa/statement-on-enforcement-of-final-rules-on-esg-investments-and-proxy-voting.pdf

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-benefits-compensation/1046074/dol-will-not-enforce-trump-administration39s-erisa-esg-investing-and-proxy-voting-rules

https://www.barrons.com/articles/nike-and-h-m-face-china-backlash-over-xinjiang-human-rights-stance-51616697448

https://www.wsj.com/articles/h-m-under-attack-in-china-sticks-to-stance-that-angered-beijing-11617193367

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-cotton/old-hm-comment-on-forced-labour-in-chinas-xinjiang-raises-online-storm-idUSKBN2BG1G4

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/backlash-on-nike-hm-in-china-over-comments-on-xinjiang-cotton.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-25/h-m-nike-face-boycotts-in-china-as-xinjiang-becomes-wedge-issue

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/blackrock-to-press-companies-on-human-rights-and-nature

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210304IPR99216/meps-companies-must-no-longer-cause-harm-to-people-and-planet-with-impunity

https://www.un.org/pga/75/2021/03/18/high-level-meeting-on-the-implementation-of-the-water-related-goals-and-targets-of-the-2030-agenda/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1087682

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20210322-un-urges-world-to-consider-true-value-of-water-amid-rising-scarcity-world-water-day

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-water-day-breakingviews-idUSKBN2BE1JT

https://www.unwater.org/world-water-development-report-2020-water-and-climate-change/

https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/water_and_energy.shtml

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/tap-water-with-these-etfs-2021-03-22

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/bullish-on-bitcoin-bloomberg-predicts-%24400000-price-by-2022-2021-04-12

https://www.reuters.com/article/coinbase-ipo/coinbase-listing-marks-latest-step-in-cryptos-march-to-the-mainstream-idUSL4N2M62MI

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-power-consumption-jumped-66-215937149.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/05/bitcoin-btc-surge-renews-worries-about-its-massive-carbon-footprint.html#:~:text=Bitcoin%20has%20a%20carbon%20footprint,Netherlands%2C%20Cambridge%20University%20researchers%20say.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/27/bitcoin-mining-electricity-use-environmental-impact

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/indicators-list

https://sdg.data.gov/

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